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Bragg to become 4th MISD athletics director
Steve Bragg was hired in 2001 as the fifth North Mesquite football coach and athletics coordinator and Monday was named the fourth Mesquite ISD athletics director. He replaces Mickey DeLamar, who will retire in February. / File photo
By BRIAN PORTER/Managing Editor
Steve Bragg, a 1979 graduate of North Mesquite High School and current North Mesquite head football coach, has been named to succeed Mickey DeLamar as the Mesquite ISD’s athletics director.
Bragg has coached and taught within the MISD for 22 years, with two years spent outside the district. He will assume duties as MISD athletics director on Jan. 3. DeLamar will retire in February.
“I can’t wait to get started and serve the community in this capacity,” Bragg said. “I want to make sure we continue the legacy that has been built in this athletics department and continue to build on the legacy which has been laid.”
He brings familiarity with the challenges of a district which has two Class 4A schools and three larger enrollment Class 5A campuses, along with a total of 13 campuses playing athletics. Bragg was an offensive coordinator and offensive line coach under Bill Taylor at Poteet, a Class 4A campus, from 1990 to 1999. He left for his first head coaching position at Pittsburg and the following year coached at Commerce, both small attendance schools.
Bragg was the head coach at North Mesquite from 2001 to 2006, where he compiled a 34-28 record. He holds a 54-33 all-time head coaching record.
“He’s a great problem-solver and has high expectations for what the future holds,” said MISD superintendent Linda Henrie, Ed. D. “His heart is with the kids.”
Bragg was selected among five finalists for the position. Among his first hires will be his successor at North Mesquite and an assistant athletics director. Raynell Horton and Kay Neurohr will remain on office staff. Horton served as athletics secretary throughout the tenure of DeLamar. A third hire, in addition to the assistant athletics director, could be made.
“We’ll look at are we serving the students and the programs well,” Bragg said.
North Mesquite is renowned for its continual production of quality linebackers, like Aaron Harris, Christian Rodriguez and Joe Bowden.
The campus has also produced some top coaches turned administrators. Childress followed Qualls as both North Mesquite football coach and MISD athletics director. Mark Elam, the third North Mesquite head football coach, is now the athletics director for the Rockwall ISD. Buster Leaf, the fourth North Mesquite head football coach, was the athletics director for the Lewisville ISD before returning to coach at Lubbock Estacado. Todd Graham, a former North Mesquite assistant football coach, is now the head coach at Rice. Bragg was the fifth North Mesquite head football coach.
“I think that speaks to the quality of people we have here in the MISD,” Bragg said. “I think I can have a greater influence on students in the MISD in this capacity. The lasting legacy of Mickey DeLamar is going to be stadium and facility upgrades. He got the field turf, renovated Hanby Stadium, added second gyms on high school campuses, and helped with the equality of programs.”
Bragg will name assistant head coach Jeff Stone and defensive coordinator Dan St. Leger as interim co-head coaches at North Mesquite until a hire for that position is made, which is expected in February.
Contact Brian Porter at bporter@acnpapers.com
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